4.Rendering Intent
YOUR PRINTER
Rendering Intents are only used when “Postscript Colour Matching” is selected.
When a document is printed, a conversion takes place from the document’s colour space to the printer’s colour space. The rendering intents are essentially a set of rules that determine how this colour conversion takes place.
Select the option desired.
Absolute Colorimetric
Matches colours common to both devices exactly, and clips the “out of gamut” colours to their nearest printed equivalent. Tries to print white as it appears on screen. The white of a monitor is often very different from paper white, so this may result in colour casts, especially in the lighter areas of an image.
Auto
The best default optionas this selects the optimal settings for a general office environment.
Perceptual
Best choice for printing photographs. Compresses the source gamut into the printer's gamut whilst maintaining the overall appearance of an image. This may change the overall appearance of an image as all the colours are shifted together.
